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1867: Rev Richard John Geldart sold land to Joseph Sturton, wholesale chemist of Fitzroy Street
1868: Land sold to William John Bowyer, surveyor, for £202
1876: William Bowyer sold land to Charles Wright, builder for £315. This may be the plot for the 6 houses nos 5-15.
1877: Charles Wright sold to Joseph Turner Bailey for £168; this would have been the plot for nos 5, 7 and 9. At this time the houses were still numbered consecutively and this would have been number (4).
1881:(7)
Henry Leeder, head, 60, tailor, b Cambridge
Ann, 64, wife, 64, tailoress, b Cambridge
Emily A, 35, tailoress, b Cambridge
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1884: George Moon, carpenter
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1891:
George Charles Wilson, head, 24, postman, b London
Eliza, wife, 21, b Cambridge
George Henry, son [?], 17, b Cambridge
Arthur, son, 10 days, b Cambridge
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1901:
Frederick W Dean, 43, printers machine minder, b Cambridge
Corenda
Charles F, 17, general smith, b Cambridge
Arthur O, 15, errand boy, b Cambridge
May, tailoress
Corenda, 11, b Cambridge
Cecilia, 7, b Cambridge
Violet
Daisy
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1911:
Corenda Dean, 52, widow, private means, b Swaffham
May, 23, domestic cook, b Cambridge
Violet, 13, b Cambridge
Daisy, 12, b Cambridge
Lily, 8, b Cambridge
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1913:
Mrs Dean
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1917: Joseph Bailey died and left a life interest in the house to Stephen Thompson of the earl of Beaconsfield Beerhouse. On his death the house would pass to the Governors of Addenbrookes Hospital, but after a change in the law in 1925, Thompson was able to be owner outright with no conditions.
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1948: Stephen Thompson sold property to Arthur Octavius Dean and his sister Cecilia and Lily for £350.
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1962:
Misses C & L Dean
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1970:
Miss C Dean
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1978: Cecilia Dean sold property for £10,000
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